Chapter 114: make good friends

Chapter 114 Making Friends

After Jiang Xianwei helped them out, a few families in Dafeng Village showed kindness to them. When they saw them returning from closing their stalls, they took the initiative to say hello: "Brother Gu, you are back from closing your stalls. How is business today? It's quite prosperous, right?" ?”

 The person who asked the question was He Laoguo who lives in Houcun.

He Laoguo is sixty this year. He has five sons and thirteen grandchildren in his family. The family is very prosperous, but he is still poor. Today, the whole family is still crowded in a dirt yard and living on the fifteen acres of land at home.

He dreamed of making his family rich. Seeing that the tofu business of Qin Gu Luotian's family was doing well, he wanted to establish a good relationship with them. I thought that if Qin Gu Luotian's family needed help, they would think of his family.

 As for the Lu family’s revenge?

　　Bah!

His family is almost at a loss to open the pot. Are they still afraid of the Lu family's revenge?

Third Grandpa smiled and said: "It's not bad, it's about the same as usual."

The third grandfather did not say clearly how the family business was, but he said: "Brother He, our family is harvesting soybeans, which costs three cents per catty. If your family has soybeans that you want to sell, you can sell them to our family, and we will charge you any amount."

He Laoguo was shocked. He was originally squatting, but he couldn't help but stood up and asked: "Is what Brother Gu said true? Your family charges three cents per pound for soybeans? Don't you lower the price?"

Three cents per catty of soybeans was the price paid by the grain store. They sold them to the grain shop for two catties for only three cents. The price paid by the Gu family was twice as high.

Third Grandpa smiled and said: "Don't lower the price."

He Laoguo couldn't sit still anymore after receiving the exact words, and hurriedly said: "Brother Gu, wait, I will get soybeans for your family right now."

He Laoguo hurriedly entered his yard and shouted: "Big seedlings, two seedlings and three seedlings, you bastards, hurry up and bring me the soybeans from home and send them to your Uncle Gu's house."

Grandpa Third and the others continued walking towards the old house at the end of the village. When they got home, they told everyone about collecting soybeans.

Mrs. Chen was pounding spices at Gu Jinli's house. When she found out that the price of soybeans in the grain store had increased, she was so angry that she cursed shopkeeper Tao: "I've already seen that it's not a good thing. He looks like a dog, but he's actually a profiteer with a rotten heart." , who specializes in eating the flesh and blood of our farmers, bah, curse him for giving birth to a son without an asshole, and giving birth to a daughter is a small life for a woman!"

 After scolding, he added: “It’s not bad if we harvest the beans ourselves, and we can also lower the price.”

She knew that the price of soybeans at the grain store was only two pounds and three cents.

Third Grandpa said: "We charge three cents per catty, so we can't lower the price, but we have to be careful when harvesting the beans, and we can't accept bad beans that are moldy or insect-eaten."

 Ms. Chen immediately lost interest after hearing that she couldn't lower the price. What else could she earn if she couldn't lower the price?

The Third Grandma and the others were also very angry when they heard about the increase in soybean prices at the grain store, but looking at the 400 kilograms of soybeans that Luo's father, Qin Sanlang, and the others picked back, they felt that this harvest of beans was not bad. At least they were picking things. What's the price? If they have the final say, there will be no need to worry.

Grandpa San and the others rested for a while, and He Laoguo took his eldest son, second son and third son to Gu's house carrying soybeans.

He Laoguo went to the head of the village to borrow a large scale. At this moment, he held the big scale and said, "Brother Gu, we have sent the soybeans. Please weigh them. How many kilograms are there?"

Third Grandpa said: "Let's take a look at the beans first."

“It should be, Brother Gu, take a look.”

Grandpa San and Father Luo inspected the three loads of soybeans from He Laoguo's family. They saw that the soybeans were very dry in the sun and were not moldy or insect-eaten. They nodded and said: "The beans are good, let's weigh them."

He Laoguo quickly asked his three sons to weigh the soybeans using a large scale.

"Uncle Gu, the total is three hundred and twenty-six pounds." He Laoguo's eldest son He Damiao said.

After the third grandfather heard the weight, he counted the money and gave He Laoguo nine hundred and seventy-eight cents: "Here, this is bean money." He Laoguo took the money excitedly and almost had red eyes: "I have been growing soybeans all my life, and this price is the best I have ever sold. Brother Gu, don't worry, I will sell all my beans to you in the future. If your family doesn't want them, I will sell them to others."

No matter what other families think of the Qin Gu Luotian family, He Laoguo feels that these families have real abilities. Which person who fled from famine can get to know the county captain and be friends with the county captain's son-in-law?

 Which person who fled from the desert can afford to make a living? Or is this a new way to make money?

He Laoguo wanted to make good friends with the Qin Gu Luotian family, so he said to the third grandfather: "Brother Gu, if your family is harvesting beans, you should pay attention to the He Laosi and He Daqian families. They are all from the Lao He family." You've got a reputation for settling down, so you can't let them deceive you."

Third Grandpa also wanted to make friends with an honest man like He Laoguo, so he asked Third Grandma to bring out a plate of bean dregs cakes and distributed it to He Laoguo and his three sons. They all ate and talked, but it only lasted for two-quarters of an hour. During the time, I chatted a lot with He Laoguo and learned some things about the He family.

He Laoguo was a sensible man. After he had finished reminding him what should be reminded, he took the money and his three sons and went home happily.

Before leaving, he said to the third grandfather: "Brother Gu, if your family needs a large scale, you can rent it from He Shiliu's. He Shiliu's has a large scale. You only need to pay one penny to use it once."

He's family doesn't need any money to use the wedding hall, but now I don't know what Village Chief He's attitude is and whether he will help the Gu family, so it's better to spend some money and rent a wedding hall from He Shiliu's family.

“Hey, I understand, thank you for reminding me, Brother He.” After Third Grandpa sent He Laoguo and his family away, he stayed at home, waiting to collect the beans.

Gu Jinli took over from Gu Dashan and Gu Jinan to make tofu and let them work in the wasteland.

Before dark, another family in the village came to sell soybeans. It was the home of He Laoguo's younger brother. This family was also poor. They sold a total of 400 kilograms of soybeans and took one, two or two hundred coins, and went home happily. .

In less than half a day’s work, they harvested a thousand kilograms of soybeans.

Because of the soybean collection, after counting the money in the evening, the third grandfather did not divide the money. Instead, he said: "There will be people coming to sell soybeans tomorrow. I won't divide the money for now. You have to keep it to buy soybeans."

Chen's heart ached very much: "Uncle San, we have harvested one thousand kilograms of soybeans today, which is already enough. Don't harvest any more tomorrow. We won't be able to use up all the soybeans we harvested."

Gu Jinli said: "This soybean must be harvested, and we must harvest it in large quantities. We are not afraid of harvesting tens of thousands of catties."

She explained: "Why did Shopkeeper Tao dare to increase the price for us? That's because he is the only grain store in the whole town. He has a monopoly on the supply of soybeans. We didn't buy soybeans from him today. He is not in a hurry. But if he knows that we are harvesting soybeans, he will definitely be anxious, and then he will take action and use his connections to start harvesting soybeans in large quantities."

“Qingfu Town is so big and the soybeans are limited. By then, we won’t be able to harvest soybeans even if we want to. We have to harvest more soybeans before Shopkeeper Tao takes action, so that we can win against him.”

This incident is just the beginning. Shopkeeper Tao definitely has other options.

The adults were talked through, and although Ms. Chen felt sad that she would not get any money tonight, she still agreed.

Aunt Tian was timid and asked Gu Jinli worriedly: "We are from outside. What should we do if shopkeeper Tao incites the people in Qingfu Town not to sell our soybeans?"

Gu Jinli said: "There are no soybeans in Qingfu Town. We can go to the two nearby towns to collect them. If that doesn't work, we can go to the county town to buy them. These soybeans are not expensive. If this family doesn't sell them, there will always be someone else who sells them."

 In short, this is not a problem. Shopkeeper Tao feels that he is awesome and thinks that as long as he raises the price of soybeans, he can control them.

 (End of this chapter)